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House District 32

Granville & Vance counties · 2026
Lean D2024 rematch
Partisan baseline (2024)
D+3.1
runs 4.8 pts more Democratic than NC overall · moving toward Republicans since 2018
2024 result
D+0.6
won by Cohn (D)
Rep. Bryan Cohn
Democrat · Incumbent
  • Flipped this Granville-Vance seat in 2024, defeating then-Rep. Frank Sossamon by 228 votes
  • Oxford city commissioner since 2021 with a food-safety industry background; running for re-election
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Frank Sossamon
Republican · Challenger
  • Pastor and small business owner; held HD-32 for one term
  • Lost the seat to Rep. Bryan Cohn in 2024 and is running again
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Election night results

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Live returns and a precinct map for this race on Nov. 3.

Early voting

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Ballots cast so far in this district, in person and by mail. Updated every morning.

Who lives here

The people of House District 32, from the Census American Community Survey (2020-2024). The dark tick on each bar marks North Carolina overall.

Median household income
$61,796
NC
▼ vs NC · NC $75k
Bachelor's degree or higher
23%
NC
▼ vs NC · NC 36%
Poverty rate
17%
NC
▲ vs NC · NC 13%
Homeownership
69%
NC
▲ vs NC · NC 67%
Unemployment
5.8%
NC
▲ vs NC · NC 4.7%
Uninsured rate
10%
NC
▲ vs NC · NC 10%
Top communities: Oxford 30% · Henderson 27% · Creedmoor 15% · Franklinton 7% · Wake Forest 5%

Who registers vs. who votes

Each group's share of registered voters against its share of those who actually voted in 2024. About 61k voters are registered here; 44,383 voted in 2024.

White
54%
59%
Black
40%
37%
Hispanic
3.3%
2.4%
Asian
0.4%
0.4%
American Indian
0.2%
0.2%
Other
2.2%
1.4%
Registered (2024)Voted (2024)
Voter race and ethnicity are self-reported at registration; voters without a designation (11% here) are excluded from the voted-side shares. Source: NCSBE voter file, 2024.

How this seat has moved

Actual result (solid)MRPI composite (dashed)Shaded = midterm
2022 includes an estimated share where old district lines crossed today’s (2022 28% estimated); hover any point for the exact split. See Methodology.

How far this district swings

Across these cycles the Democratic share of the two-party vote here has ranged from 47% to 57%.

Precinct detail

25 precincts.

About this seat

HD-32 is rated Lean D from its 2024 partisan baseline of D+3.1. Districts in this range are competitive when candidates, campaigns and the year’s statewide environment line up against the district’s modest partisan tilt. Republicans have gained 3.3 points of vote share here since 2018, moving the seat’s two-way margin 6.5 points their way.

Campaign money

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Cohn (D) $9K cash$45K cash Sossamon (R)
Sossamon holds 5.0x the cash on hand. Raised this cycle: Cohn $9K / Sossamon $17K.
Actual legislative results, observed except where marked · NCSBE 2018–2024 · boundaries: Redistricting Data Hub (redistrictingdatahub.org) · demographics: Census ACS 2020–2024 · voter file: NCSBE
Data as of October 29, 2026 · campaign finance last refreshed August 20, 2026
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